Deleting a Security Group Rule

Scenarios

If the source of an inbound security group rule or destination of an outbound security group rule needs to be changed, you need to first delete the security group rule and add a new one.

Notes and Constraints

Security group rules use whitelists. Deleting a security group rule may result in ECS access failures. Security group rules work as follows:
  • If an inbound request matches the source in an inbound security group rule with Action set to Allow, the request is allowed.
  • If the destination of an outbound security group rule with Action set to Allow is 0.0.0.0/0, all outbound requests are allowed.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  1. Click in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.
  2. Click in the upper left corner and choose Network > Virtual Private Cloud.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Access Control > Security Groups.
  4. On the Security Groups page, click the security group name.
  5. If you do not need a security group rule, locate the row that contains the target rule, and click Delete.
  6. Click Yes in the displayed dialog box.

Deleting multiple security group rules at once

You can also select multiple security group rules and click Delete above the security group rule list to delete multiple rules at a time.

Parent topic: Security Group